Impact of Stress-Induced Anxiety and Depression in Medical Students

This report provides a critical review of the impact of stress, anxiety, and depression on medical students. It examines the significant academic and clinical pressures they face, which often lead to mental health issues. The study analyzes various research articles, focusing on the causes of stress, including academic workload, time constraints, environmental factors, and social pressures. The report highlights the prevalence of these issues and their impact on the students' mental and physical well-being. The analysis includes discussions on the importance of early identification of mental health problems and the need for supportive measures from medical schools. It also explores the potential of wellness approaches to improve the work environment and promote better mental health outcomes for medical students. The conclusion emphasizes the urgency of addressing these issues and the need for collaborative actions to support student well-being, referencing key studies that underscore the link between stress and depression in medical education.

High levels of stress-causing anxiety in
medical students /Depression in medical
student

Abstract
The medical students undergo tremendous stress and mental pressure during their academic life
and clinical studies. The high level of anxiety and depression among medical students is very
common occurrence combined with the academic pressure that has a severe impact on their
mental and physical health (Chawla & Sachdeva, 2018). The current study aims to explore
various articles presented by scholars in the field of analysing the impact of stress causing
anxiety and depression in medical students and evaluating its impact on prevalence of depression
among medical students. The study critically analyses and reviews articles for analysing the role
of depression and anxiety and experiences of medical students and the reaction to stress. The
central idea of the study understands different perspectives presented by scholars in the field of
stress and anxiety and its prevalence among the medical students highlighting the causes and key
issues. This is vital for understanding the critical factors affecting the mental health and physical
well-being of the medical students in order to derive suggestions for early identification and
providing for support by the medical schools (Ruzhenkova et al. 2018). The current study
focuses on findings and views of different scholars with stress as an epicentre of discussion and
other factors such as environmental factors, social factors, and economic factors and so on that
directly or indirectly impacts on the medical student’s mental health. The purpose of the study to
analyse the research articles to acknowledge the quantum of research done in the field of
understanding the causes and impact of stress and depression among medical students and mark
the areas where further research can be conducted.
Conclusion
It can be safely concluded from the study that stress and depression among medical students are
highly prevalent and is a complex issue which needs to be addressed urgently. The medical
students surrounded by a number of problems including financial hardship academic pressure
workload and sleep depression which takes a toll on their mental and physical health. The study
focuses on adoption of wellness approach which may bring about changes in the attitude of
people and help in developing a better workplace value in the medical universities for
collectively taking actions for wellbeing of the medical students. The study thoroughly examines
research papers published by authors and brings forward the fact that increasing competition and
mounting academic pressure ultimately leads students to living in stressful environment. The

artclie by Saravanan & Wilks, (2014), points that environmental factors and homesickness
among medical students play an important role in creating stressful and pressurizing situation
along with peer pressure for medical students to obtain better results. The underlying conditions
which leads to stress and depression among medical students needs to be addressed in order to
take corrective measures on time and provide assistance to the medical students in order to help
them from this distressing situations. The critical review of the research article by Salam et al.
(2013) brings forward the importance of health education programs for medical schools that will
help in the prevention of stress and depression by taking collective and collaborative steps.

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